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Widely considered the greatest author of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, winning universal praise as a literary genius. Dickens’ novels and beloved tales not only entertained the world, but helped to improve the lives of the lower classes and fight social injustices. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Dickens’ complete works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and a treasure trove of Delphi bonus material.

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dickens’ life and works
* Original introductions to the novels and other works
* ALL 15 novels, with individual contents tables
* The novels are illustrated with their original Phiz and Cruikshank illustrations – enjoy the true spirit of Dickens’ works
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original Victorian texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Special ‘Droodiana’ section, with four different continuations of the unfinished THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD – first time in digital print
* The Christmas Books are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read
* Includes Dickens’ plays, speeches, letters and rare non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s diverse works
* Rare works often missed out of other collections and appearing here for the first time in digital print
* Adaptations section, with Dickensiana works inspired by the great man’s novels
* Special criticism section, with 23 books and essays evaluating Dickens’ contribution to literature, including seminal works by Gissing, Chesterton and Lang
* Features 8 biographies, including Forster’s landmark work – discover Dickens’ literary and personal life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with revised texts, improved images and many new features

CONTENTS:

The Novels
THE PICKWICK PAPERS
OLIVER TWIST
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
BARNABY RUDGE
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
DOMBEY AND SON
DAVID COPPERFIELD
BLEAK HOUSE
HARD TIMES
LITTLE DORRIT
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

Droodiana
THE CLOVEN FOOT by Robert Henry Newell
JOHN JASPER’S SECRET by Henry Morford
PART SECOND OF THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD by Thomas James
A GREAT MYSTERY SOLVED by Gillan Vase

The Christmas Novellas
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE CHIMES
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
THE BATTLE OF LIFE
THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAIN

The Short Story Collections
SKETCHES BY BOZ
MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK
CHRISTMAS NUMBERS OF ‘HOUSEHOLD WORDS’
CHRISTMAS NUMBERS OF ‘ALL THE YEAR ROUND’
MISCELLANEOUS SHORT STORIES
REPRINTED PIECES

The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES AND SKETCHES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES AND SKETCHES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Plays
THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN
THE VILLAGE COQUETTES
IS SHE HIS WIFE?
THE LAMPLIGHTER
MR. NIGHTINGALE’S DIARY
THE FROZEN DEEP
NO THOROUGHFARE

The Poetry
THE COLLECTED POETRY OF CHARLES DICKENS

The Non-Fiction
MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI BY THOMAS EGERTON WILKS
AMERICAN NOTES
PICTURES FROM ITALY
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD
A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
THE SPEECHES
THE LETTERS
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS

The Adaptations
TALES FROM DICKENS by Hallie Erminie Rives
DICKENS’ CHILDREN by Jessie Willcox Smith
DICKENS’ STORIES ABOUT CHILDREN EVERY CHILD CAN READ by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
SAM WELLER by W. T. Moncrieff
OLIVER TWIST by Charles Zachary Barnett
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY by Edward Stirling
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP by Edward Stirling

The Criticism
23 BOOKS AND ESSAYS

The Biographies
THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John Forster
FORSTER’S LIFE OF DICKENS (ABRIDGED) by George Gissing
DICKENS by Sir Adolphus William Ward
LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by Sir Frank T. Marzials
VICTORIAN WORTHIES: CHARLES DICKENS by G. H. Blore
DICKENS’ LONDON by M. F. Mansfield
MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM by Mamie Dickens
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY by Leslie Stephen

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Dickens, Charles - La piccola Dorrit - Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
L'opera fu scritta tra il 1855 e il giugno 1857 e pubblicato in fascicoli mensili (come quasi tutte le opere dell'autore) dal 1º dicembre 1855 al 1857. Esso è diviso in due libri: Povertà, in cui si parla delle misere condizioni (More) della famiglia Dorrit, la cui madre è morta e il padre è in carcere per debiti, e della bontà della piccola Amy; si introducono inoltre vari personaggi, fra i quali alcuni dei principali sono Arthur Clennam e l'energico e attivo Mr. Pancks, grazie all'aiuto del quale la famiglia Dorrit esce di prigione e diventa ricca, e Ricchezza, in cui spicca il racconto della famiglia Dorrit e della sua elevata condizione economica.
Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub
La huella autobiográfica que Charles Dickens (1812-1870) dejó en David Copperfield, una de sus obras más importantes, convirtió este libro en el más cercano a su corazón. David, como Dickens, vivió una infancia feliz leyendo y (More) asistiendo a la escuela hasta que su suerte cambió. La transmutación íntima de ambos, protagonista y autor, fue compleja y sutil. Aunque ficción y realidad no siempre coinciden, las desdichas de la niñez, el trabajo en la abogacía, la condición de escritor y varios de los personajes responden a la experiencia personal de su autor. Narrada desde la distancia del adulto, la vida de David Copperfield encierra sátira y humor irónico, luto y angustia, pero también mucha alegría y ruido de personas. Charles Dickens (Portsmuth, 1812 – Gadshill, 1870) ha llegado hasta nosotros como el autor más importante e influyente de la literatura victoriana. Sus obras y su peripecia personal, íntimamente relacionadas, plasmaron no sólo el pulso social de su época, también el terrible estado moral de una sociedad atrapada en la desigualdad y las convenciones. Dickens experimentó la miseria, el éxito popular, la cárcel, el hambre… sólo logró cumplir con el más íntimo de sus anhelos, la libertad, entregándose a la literatura. Aunque muchas de sus obras gozaron de un extraordinario favor popular, baste decir que muchas de ellas fueron publicadas por entregas, en formato folletín; serían las críticas entusiastas de George Gissing y G. K. Chesterton las que encumbrarían a Dickens como el autor más importante de la literatura inglesa del siglo XIX.
Dickens, Charles - El guardavías - Language: Spanish, Short Stories - Format: iSilo
Dickens, Charles - Historia de dos ciudades - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
El Londres pacífico pero grotesco del rey Jorge III y el París clamoroso y ensangrentado de la Revolución Francesa son las dos ciudades sobre cuyo fondo se escribe esta inolvidable historia de intriga apasionante. Violentas (More) escenas de masas, estallidos de hambre y venganza, espías y conspiradores, héroes fracasados y héroes a su pesar se mezclan en una trama artística y perfecta, llena de sorpresas y magistralmente elaborada por un Dickens en uno de sus mejores momentos creativos. «Cuando representaba, con mis hijos, la obra de Wilkie Collins Profundidades heladas, di forma por primera vez a la idea central de esta historia. Sentí un gran deseo entonces de personificarla en mí mismo; y tracé en mi imaginación, con particular interés y cuidado, el estado de ánimo que requería su exposición ante un espectador atento». Charles Dickens en el prólogo de Historia de dos ciudades. Esta edición de Historia de dos ciudades incluye las ilustraciones originales de H. K. Browne («Phiz»), realizadas para su publicación en entregas en 1859.
Dickens, Charles - Historia de unos duentes que secuentraron a un enterrador - Language: Spanish, Short Stories - Format: iSilo
Dickens, Charles - Tiempos difíciles - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Tiempos difíciles se cuenta entre las obras que han valido a Charles Dickens (1812-1870) su reputación como uno de los principales autores ingleses del siglo XIX. Su entretenida trama, que entremezcla las vidas y peripecias, (More) ilusiones y desdichas del rígido y práctico director de escuela Thomas Gradgrind y de sus hijos Tom y Louisa, y su compañera Cecí Jupe, del presuntuoso y mezquino empresario Josiah Bounderby y del obrero Stephen Blackpool, arroja una visión inolvidable de la Inglaterra victoriana sumida en la revolución industrial.
Dickens, Charles - La Bottega dell'antiquario - Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
La bottega dell'antiquario (titolo originale The Old Curiosity Shop) è il quarto romanzo scritto e pubblicato da Charles Dickens, uscito per la prima volta a puntate su rivista tra il 1840-41 e subito dopo in volume. La storia (More) tratta della giovane Nell, che vive sola col nonno materno - il cui non viene mai rivelato - in una vecchia casa di Londra chiamata The Old Curiosity Shop perché al piano terra ha un negozio pieno d'oggetti d'antiquariato. A seguito di tutta una serie di debiti contratti al gioco, il vecchio è costretto nottetempo a fuggire accompagnato dalla piccola orfana Nell.
Dickens, Charles - A Tale of Two Cities - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism. The plot centers on the years leading up to French (More) Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look very alike but are entirely different in character.
Dickens, Charles - Bleak House - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, (More) complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. Dickens tells all of these both through the narrative of the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and as an omniscient narrator. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the friendly but depressive John Jarndyce and the childish Harold Skimpole.
Dickens, Charles - Great Expectations - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub
This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has "great expectations" of a future inheritance from an anonymous (More) benefactor. He soon learns to live the profligate life of a gentleman as he gradually sheds his associations with the gentle souls of his past, Joe (the blacksmith) and Biddy (a level-headed young lady). He throws his money at improving the prospects of his roommate and friend Herbert and his heart at an "ice princess" whose heart will never respond. But then an escaped convict from his distant past comes calling, and all Pip's hopes dissolve.
Dickens, Charles - El grillo del hogar - Language: Spanish, Short Stories - Format: iSilo
Dickens, Charles - Grandes esperanzas - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Grandes esperanzas (en inglés, Great Expectations) es una novela escrita por Charles Dickens. Fue publicada como serie, desde el 1 de diciembre de 1860 hasta el agosto de 1861, en la revista literaria All the Year Round, fundada (More) por el propio Dickens el año anterior. Es considerada como una de sus más grandes y sofisticadas novelas, así como también una de las más populares, siendo está adaptada a obras teatrales y cinematográficas en más de 250 ocasiones. La novela narra la historia Phillip Pirrip, un huérfano aprendiz de herrero cuya aspiración pasará a ser convertirse en un noble caballero, describiendo su vida desde su niñez hasta su madurez. Se puede decir que se trata de un Bildungsroman o novela de aprendizaje. La historia puede también ser considerada como una semiautobiografía de Dickens, al igual que muchas de sus obras, en la cual mezcla sus experiencias de vida con su entorno social. La trama de la historia toma desde la víspera de Navidad de 1812, cuando el protagonista tiene solo siete años de edad, hasta el invierno de 1840. Cada publicación en el All the Year Round contenía dos capítulos y estaba escrita de tal manera que mantenía al lector interesado de semana a semana. La novela está ambientada en la campiña de Kent y en Londres.
Dickens, Charles - Little Dorrit - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Born in the Marshalsea Prison for Debtors, Amy—Little Dorrit—the daughter of the ruined, but self-respectful William Dorrit, has put her entire heart in caring for her dear father, until one day her humble path is crossed by (More) Arthur Clennam. Their meeting proves providential not only for Amy's life, but for the whole Dorrit family, whose new rise will, in many ways, be also their fall. As in all his novels, in Little Dorrit Dickens ushers us into a fascinating and startlingly rich world of human characters and destinies, where virtue and nobility cross swords with vice and villainy, where strength and weakness intertwine with prejudice and magnanimity and where the author's inspired pen wields a compelling and unforgettable power over the readers.
Dickens, Charles - Oliver Twist - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial. Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to call the public's attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, (More) child labour and the recruitment of children as criminals. The novel is full of sarcasm and dark humour, even as it treats its serious subject, revealing the hypocrisies of the time. It has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations, and the basis for a highly successful British musical, Oliver!.
Dickens, Charles - Cantico di Natale - Language: Italian, Short Stories - Format: ePub, iSilo
Il Cantico di Natale (A Christmas Carol), noto anche come Canto di Natale o Ballata di Natale, è una delle opere più famose e popolari di Charles Dickens. È il più importante della serie dei Libri di Natale (The Christmas Books), (More) una collezione di racconti che include oltre al Cantico, Le Campane (The Chimes, 1845), L'uomo visitato dagli spettri (The Haunted Man, 1848), Il grillo sul caminetto (The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845) e La lotta per la vita (The Battle for Life).
Dickens, Charles - La casa dei fantasmi - Language: Italian, Short Stories - Format: iSilo
Dickens, Charles - Il circolo Pickwick - Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Il circolo Pickwick (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, abbreviato in The Pickwick Papers, 1836) fu il primo romanzo dello scrittore inglese Charles Dickens. Viene considerato uno dei capolavori della letteratura (More) britannica. Il romanzo fu pubblicato a fascicoli, come molte altre opere dell'epoca, sia di Dickens che di altri autori. La pubblicazione dei fascicoli divenne, secondo Oreste del Buono e altre fonti, una sorta di evento: nelle famiglie, nei cortili, si aspettava che chi ne aveva i mezzi comperasse il fascicolo e lo leggesse a chi non ne aveva la possibilità. Dickens, con umorismo e sagacia, inventa un ritratto eccentrico e nostalgico di un'Inghilterra di un'epoca umana e cordiale, immagine che verrà capovolta nei successivi romanzi, più drammatici, che rappresenteranno invece tutto il cinismo della società del suo tempo.
Dickens, Charles - Potenza del denaro - Language: Italian, Novel - Format: iSilo
Dickens, Charles - Casa desolada - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Casa Desolada, dice Chesterton, representa el punto más alto de la madurez intelectual de Dickens, su obra central. Esther Summerson, abandonada al nacer por sus padres, es la protegida de John Jarndyce, un poderoso gentleman de (More) buen corazón que lleva años pleiteando a causa de una herencia. Esther vive en la residencia de Jarndyce, CASA DESOLADA, desde los dieciocho años, junto con Ada y Richard, primos adolescentes de John, huérfanos e indigentes a causa de la disputada herencia, a los que éste trata de orientar en la vida. La novela gira en torno a los avatares biográficos de Esther —cuyo relato en primera persona se intercala con el del narrador—, siempre luchando por encontrar su identidad, superar su origen y triunfar socialmente. «Leer» a veces resulta un término demasiado tradicional para la total entrega a que invita Casa Desolada, como apuntó Harold Bloom.
Dickens, Charles - Cuento de Navidad - Language: Spanish, Short Stories - Format: iSilo
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